Brick pallet



April 15 1924. 1,490,119

,1. H. M FEELY BRICK PALLET Filed June 13, 1922 v F I G. 1

Patented Apr. 15, 1924.

UNHTED STATES near it PATENT QFEEQ BRICK PALLET.

Application filed June 13, 1922. Serial No. 568,021.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, 'JAMES HOWARD Mo- FEELY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have made a new and useful Invention in Brick Pallets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pallets for use in transporting and drying brick and other ceramic ware.

The metal pallets now in use with which I am familiar, on account of being formed from sheet metal, have a tendency to spring 1 or warp out of shape and do not provide a flat supporting surface.

An object of this invention is to provide a pallet of relatively cheap construction, having a flat supporting surface which,

under load, will not sag nor buckle.

A further object is to provide a pallet, which, in the main, may be rolled to complete form.

A still further object is to provide a 2 rolled pallet of greater length than width and having a plurality of longitudinally extending stiflening ribs.

These, as well as other objects which will readily appear to those skilled in this particular art I attain in the pallet described in the specification and illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this application and in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary view in perspective, looking at the top of such a pallet and Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in perspective looking at the bottom of such pallet.

The pallet is preferably rolled to the proper width from suitable steel and out into suitable lengths. The brick supporting bed 3 is preferably about thick. The under side of the pallet is provided with longitudinally extending side stiflening ribs 4 and one or more intermediate ribs 5. These ribs terminate short of the ends of the 4 pallet, as shown in the drawings, so as to provide a clear sliding surface 6 at each end for allowing the pallets to be slid into place in the racks upon which they are supported in the kilns and during transportation to 5 and from the kilns.

After the pallets are rolled and cut to length, the ends of the ribs may be machined or ground off as shown to form the slideways.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A rolled metal pallet for use in the manufacture of bricks having a longitudinal stiffening rib along each side thereof and a longitudinal stifi'ening rib along the center thereof, said ribs terminating short of the pallet ends so as to provide supporting slideways.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 7th day of June,

J. H. MGFEELY. 

